The Toronto Sun's Dave Fuller reports that former Howe nemesis and Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Johnny Bower and a slate of former Leafs are helping Howe kick off the latest edition of a "pro-am tournament" which will raise an astonishing amount of money for the foundation:

May 7, Toronto Sun: Now, an energetic 85, Bower, Gordie Howe, 82, Mark Napier, 53, Doug
Gilmour, 47 and Gary Roberts, who turns 44 this month, helped launch
this weekend’s Scotiabank Pro-Am hockey tournament at York University. While Bower won’t suit up for the tourney, which will raise $2.5
million for the Gordie and Colleen Howe Fund for Alzheimer’s at
Baycrest, it doesn’t mean he couldn’t.

“I might still be playing if I had the equipment they have today,” Bower
told hundreds of adoring fans during a noon-hour panel discussion on
the lower concourse of the Scotiabank Tower. “The catching glove they
play with is as big as a waste paper basket.”...

Close to 70 former NHLers, as well as members of Canada’s women’s
hockey team will skate along side 700 average Joes and Jills at York
from 12:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday. Teams were required to raise a minimum $25,000 to enter. A draft of
celebrity players was held Thursday night.